Leicester City have been handed a welcome surprise by the Football Association who have ruled Paul Konchesky's red-card in a coming-together with Aston Villa's Alan Hutton was a wrong decision.

Foxes defender Paul Konchesky has had his dismissal in Sunday’s defeat to Aston Villa overturned by an independent regulatory commission, leaving him free to face champions Manchester City this weekend.

Konchesky was red carded for violent conduct by referee Craig Pawson after he and Villa defender Alan Hutton clashed following a tackle by the Leicester player.

The Foxes appealed but were braced for the three-game ban to stand with boss Nigel Pearson conceding after the game that “it will be difficult to have a decision like that rescinded.”